take a picture
Use a camera
To take a picture is to capture an image with a camera or phone: Can you take a picture of us?
The phrase works for both casual snapshots and professional photography.
She took pictures at the wedding.
Take a photo and take a photograph mean the same thing, with picture being the most informal.
- say cheesePre-snapshot instruction
- frameSupporting outer structure
- captureTake into custody
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- point and shootBasic automatic camera
selfie stick · photograph · candid · candid shot · group shot · camera · pose · focus · click · image · photojournalism · shutter speed · portrait · depth of field · composition · zoom · polaroid · surveillance